HISTORY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE

Reuben Post Halleck

Notion Press Old No. 38, New No. 6 McNichols Road, Chetpet Chennai - 600 031 Published by Notion Press 201 ISBN 9781646783786

This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental.

Preface

v Preface

Contents

Chapters

Title

Page No.

Chapter 1

Colonial Literature RELATION TO ENGLISH LITERATURE

2 History of American Literature

Colonial Literature 3

WHY VIRGINIA WAS COLONIZED

4 History of American Literature

WHY THE PURITANS COLONIZED NEW ENGLAND

Colonial Literature 5

ELIZABETHAN TRAITS

6

History of American Literature

Colonial Literature 7

CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH, 1579-1631

8

History of American Literature

Colonial Literature 9

LITERARY ACTIVITY IN VIRGINIA COLONY